Annual Report Year 2009 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

VIA SCHOLARS
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Tiffany E. Adams
Adam G. Bowland
Lee D. Bryant
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
Oregon State University
Location of Master’s Studies: Virginia
Tech
Awards and Recognitions: EIGER
Fellowship; ASCE J. James R. Croes
Medal, 2006; Oregon State University
Council of Early Career Engineers;
ASCE Edmund Friedman Young
Engineer Award for Professional
Achievement, 2004; registered
professional engineer, (Washington
and Colorado).
Primary Area of Interest: Geotechnical
Outside Work Experience: Project
geotechnical engineer, PanGEO,
Inc, Seattle, Wash., 2001-2005;
geotechnical engineer URS Corp.,
Denver, Col., 1997-2001.
Career Goals: I plan to pursue a career
in consulting or academia focused on
improving our understanding of how
human influences affect our design
process and improving our ability to
achieve safe and successful outcomes
for communities living with engineered
systems.
Hometown: Oak Hill, W.Va.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
Carnegie Mellon University
Location of Master’s Studies: Virginia Tech
Awards and Recognitions: Member
of Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi,
graduated with honors; recipient of the
Alumni Association Academic-Athletic
Achievement Award given to the male
senior athlete at Carnegie Mellon with
the highest GPA; second-team all
conference (football).
Primary Area of Interest: Structures
Outside Work Experience: West Virginia
DOH, Lewisburg, W.Va., worked with
state inspectors during the construction
of a 500 foot steel bridge over the New
River; GAI Consultants, Pittsburgh,
Penn., designed transmission lines and
transmission structures using computer
aided design software and worked on
the rehabilitation of a small concrete
dam in Fort Wayne, Ind.; Kimley-Horn
and Associates, Virginia Beach, Va.,
involved in the structural rehabilitation
of a railroad underpass bridge in
Norfolk, Va., and assisted in consulting
efforts for the construction of a highway
interchange.
Career Goals: After graduation, I plan to
work towards earning my professional
licensure. Through past experience
I have found that I enjoy working in
consulting, and I want to work at a firm
where I will be exposed to projects
involving both bridge and building
design.
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
Location of Undergraduate Studies:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Location of Master’s Studies: Virginia Tech
Awards and Recognitions: Chi Epsilon;
Tau Beta Pi; Golden Key; GAANN
Fellowship; Sussman Scholarship; EPA
Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
fellow, NSF Integrated Graduate
Education and Research Training
(IGERT) fellow.
Primary Area of Interest: Environmental
and Water Resources
Outside Work Experience: Co-op with
Entergy Operations, Inc., New Orleans,
La., 1997-1999; AmeriCorps Water
Quality Team, Knoxville, Tenn., 2001.
Career Goals: I plan to pursue a teaching
career that allows me to work with
the development of environmentally
sustainable engineering systems.
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